Billboard Announces 2014 Touring Award Finalists

The finalists for the 2014 Billboard Touring Awards were announced yesterday. One Direction, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Arcade Fire, Rolling Stones, Jason Aldean and Paul McCartney were among the finalists. Billboard's touring awards recognizes artists with outstanding achievement in the touring world. The awards are based considerably off of Billboard's Boxscore chart data that reflects gate receipts for concerts, comedy shows, and various real box office shows.

"The tours, artists, venues, events, executives and companies represented as finalists for the Billboard Touring Awards are pushing the boundaries of creativity to make live events a bigger draw than ever," says Ray Waddell, Billboard’s Executive Director of Content and Programming for Touring and Live Entertainment. "In this era of fragmented digital consumption, live performance remains paramount in building and sustaining an artist’s career."

The three finalists for Top Tour, based on Boxscore gross, include Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience tour, The Eagles' History of The Eagles tour, and One Direction's Where We Are tour.

The Top Boxscore category honors the top-grossing single engagement by an artists. The finalists include One Direction for their May shows in Dublin, The Rolling Stones for their February-March Tokyo Dome engagement, and Paul McCartney for his November shows at the Tokyo Dome.

The Breakthrough Award recognizes a breakout artist who climbs their way to the top ranking tours within their first decade of touring. Florida Georgia Line, Arcade Fire, and One Republic are the finalists.

Winners will be honored at the Roosevelt Hotel at the 11th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards on November 20. Further details about the 2014 Billboard Touring Conference & Award will be released closer to the event date.

A full list of the 2014 Billboard Touring Awards finalists in as follows:

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